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in chapter 'Hunting': This looks like there is one "0" too many in the number for Germany, doesn't it?— Precedingunsigned comment added by2A02:3033:60D:1A87:3DA3:9D5C:372E:CA07 (talk)
Originally the sentence read "It is absent inGreenland,Iceland, the Arctic islands, the most northern parts of centralSiberia, and in extreme deserts." and was referenced tohttps://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23062/193903628#geographic-range. However, that source says that it is found in Greenland and Iceland so I've removed that. At the same time the source clearly states that they are not found on Arctic islands. Yet the map in the source clearly shows thatBaffin Island, a well knownArctic island, is part of their range. Additionally,https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article/103/3/586/6516595 says that they are to be found onBylot Island andHerschel Island, both Arctic islands (https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/iqaluit-residents-report-run-ins-with-foxes/ contains a picture by one of the researchers taken on Bylot). So what is the actual range?
What caught my attention was that I have seen both red andsilver foxesSilver fox (animal) onVictoria Island in theUlukhaktok, but that's just anecdotal.CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human),Uqaqtuq (talk),Huliva19:12, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The main image is a good diagnostic image of a red fox, although the resolution is not very high. (1,285 × 964 pixels.)
This image is a QI and could be cropped for the species box
Rather than replacing the main image I supplemented it with a portrait that is also a Featured Picture. That edit was reverted.
The Red Fox has 45 subspecies, and both images that I have mentioned are of the pennsylvanicus subspecies. The main image does not have to have a North American bias for a species present on for continents.I am sure there are other wonderful images in the commons too. This is another Featured Picture.
Perhaps someone, not me, would consider changing the main image or supplementing it with a solid second image.Needsmoreritalin (talk)22:25, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Red Foxes are not native to Vancouver Island - this should be updated on the map.~2025-31399-61 (talk)13:08, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For the citation given under Scent Glands for:"The oval-shaped caudal gland is 25 mm (0.98 in) long and 13 mm (0.51 in) wide, and reportedly smells of violets."I read through it and I feel the citation could be improved. It is specifically referencing from the smell of dead foxes. Additionally, the pages given mostly just include mentions of foxes, the only page I actually found mention the violet scent was pg 474:https://archive.org/details/mammalsofsov211998gept/page/474/mode/2up?q=violetFinally this could be considered potentially an outdated citation due to being from the Soviet Union in 1998 but I don't know how relevant that is. The citations on the page for the Violet gland itself has better citations overall:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_glandAcosnath (talk)05:24, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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